DJing gear, these days, must not only deliver quality but also be lightweight, portable, and accommodate the latest technology. This notion, however, doesn’t just apply for the controller the DJ decides to use but further to any accessories – even the stand supporting the laptop, controller, and other equipment. The [...]
PreSonus is no stranger to the studio gear market, having maintained lines of mixers, audio interfaces, and monitor controllers for a number of years. So, including studio monitors in with that variety – as PreSonus did officially at NAMM in January 2013 – makes sense. At the time, two product [...]
It's rare to see a DJ work his/her magic using vinyl turntables. And now that the beloved Technics 1200 are no longer being built, DJ's are searching for the next best solution. With that said, Crossfadr has put together a list of turntables, in no particular order, to consider.
JaBig is an international House Music DJ from Montréal, Canada, who travels the world to perform for his millions of fans in over 193 countries. A musical genius, he knows how to mix Deep Soulful House songs, Brazilian Samba, Bossa Nova, Jazz and South African beats like a true master. Through [...]
Bringing a highly technical performance to the table, Trevor Nygaard utilizes three or more decks alongside ‘live PA’ elements to deliver a fresh, unique take on the art of a DJ. While most traditional DJ’s are simply playing one track into another for the crowd, Trevor is delivering a constant [...]
If music throughout the 2000's and 2010's – and that’s pop, rock, and EDM specifically – had any specific characteristic, it’s this strange affinity for the old. It’s almost as if those late ‘90s disco compilations, somewhat tongue-in-cheek and somewhat attempting to disco-ize the Eurodance craze of the time, become [...]
We reviewed LIVKONTROL favourably back in April when it was initially released for iPad. It has just received a fairly hefty update, and is additionally now available for iPhone and Android (it is in fact the first Live controller available on the Android platform). With this in mind, we decided [...]
With DJing equipment, smaller seems to be the trend, but should having a highly-portable piece of gear come at the expense of quality? Although this may be the case with certain products, the Traktor Kontrol Z1 manages to do both. In becoming something practically any DJ will need in the [...]
String parts are used incredibly frequently in electronic music, yet they can prove infuriatingly difficult to get right. Often, even when using high quality samples, they can sound sterile and unrealistic. There are, thankfully, a number of techniques you can use that will increase the realism of your string parts [...]
Ableton Live 9 has been out for a few months now, and whilst many people have already upgraded, undoubtedly there are a few of you out there who are still mulling over whether it is worth stumping up the cash for an upgrade. We felt that maybe now was a [...]